Chorus frog

Pseudacris (the chorus frogs) is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. They live in  North America.  They live as far west as the Pacific coast and as far east as the Atlantic coast.

The name comes from the Greek word pseudes (false) and akris (locust). Scientists might have named these frogs false-locust because the frog's voices sound like locust's voices: a repeated rasping trill sound.  They also might have named these frogs false-Acris because there is another frog genus called Acris.

Taxonomy
Scientists disagree about which species should be in this genus. Because these frogs can hybridize, meaning make healthy young together, molecular genetic research cannot help much.

Frost et al. list 19 species in this genus, and AmphibiaWeb lists 17 species, leaving out P. hypochondriaca and P. sierra:
Binomial name and author Common name Pseudacris brachyphona   Appalachian mountain chorus frog Pseudacris brimleyi   Brimley's chorus frog Pseudacris cadaverina   California tree frog Pseudacris clarkii   spotted chorus frogPseudacris collinsorum Collinses’ mountain chorus frog Pseudacris crucifer   spring peeper Pseudacris feriarum   upland chorus frog Pseudacris fouquettei   Cajun chorus frog Pseudacris hypochondriaca   Baja chorus frog Pseudacris illinoensis   Illinois chorus frog Pseudacris kalmi   New Jersey chorus frog Pseudacris maculata   boreal chorus frog Pseudacris nigrita   southern chorus frog Pseudacris ocularis   little grass frog Pseudacris ornata   ornate chorus frog Pseudacris regilla   Pacific tree frog Pseudacris sierra   Sierran chorus frog Pseudacris streckeri   Strecker's chorus frog Pseudacris triseriata   western chorus frog or striped chorus frog

 Home 
Chorus frogs live anywhere in North America from southern Alaska to southern Baja California, and from the Pacific to the Atlantic.

References

Other websites
  [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Pseudacris. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 23, 2008).
  taxon Pseudacris at http://www.eol.org.
  Taxon Pseudacris at https://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 23, 2008).
  Taxon Pseudacris at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm 

Category:Frogs of North America